TAUNTON -- The number of heroin-related overdoses in 2014 has surpassed the 100 mark, according to Taunton police.

Two people overdosed Wednesday and four on Tuesday, bringing the number to 101, said Jennifer Bastille, director of the city's Safe Neighborhood Initiative, a division of Taunton's Human Services Department. Bastille has been providing the press with police data related to the number of heroin overdoses in the city.

So far this year, seven people in Taunton are reported to have died from injecting heroin. Police blame the allure of cheap prices and the inclusion by dealers of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, which is used to cut the heroin, for the upsurge in overdoses. People who survive a heroin overdose are usually revived by paramedics who administer the nasal spray and injection antidote Narcan.

Two people reportedly overdosed at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at a Gulf station/convenience store at 12 Washington St. Police identified them as the same man and woman who were involved in a disturbance at Morton Hospital on Sunday -- where the male was brought after overdosing in the parking lot of CVS on Washington Street. That day, police charged 35-year-old Chayner Kelly with disorderly conduct after she allegedly threatened to assault her male companion, who at the time was being evaluated in the emergency room. Kelly also was arrested Monday on charges of assault and battery after police responded to a report of a man and woman arguing on Park Street.

And on Tuesday, just before 1 a.m., emergency responders were called to 147 High St. Extension, unit 4, to revive two people who overdosed on heroin. Early Wednesday morning, police said they received two calls of overdoses at a downtown apartment building located at 9 Taunton Green. The first call came in shortly before 4:30 a.m. Cops said the victim was inside unit 3. The second, just before 5:30 a.m., was for an individual who they said had overdosed in unit 1. Police have been called to the Taunton Green address numerous times in recent months for drug-related and other complaints.

One of the more serious incidents was in late January, when a 51-year-old man was arrested for assault with intent to murder and related charges after allegedly stabbing and threatening a man inside the building. Max Charles Jr., police said, was angry about a $25 drug debt.